Ofir Ben Shitrit (Hebrew: אופיר בן שטרית; born 20 December 1995) is an Israeli Orthodox Jewish singer.

[1] Ben Shitrit's performance of Ofra Haza's Od Mechaka La'Echad ("Still Waiting for the One") won plaudits from the celebrity judges, and she chose Aviv Gefen to be her mentor.

As women singing in front of men and handshaking between genders are forbidden by rabbinic law, the school suspended her for two weeks.

[2] Ben Shitrit was viewed as a "heroine" by traditional Israeli Jews who wish to be part of secular society while maintaining their religious observance.

[1][5] One commentator dubbed her "the religious Rosa Parks", noting that she had become "an icon and a figure for thousands of girls who look at you and see the fulfillment of their dreams in poetry, dance and theater", as well as "a symbol of the collision between the binding law of God (so to speak) and the realization of freedom and creativity".

[8] Ben Shitrit received support from Minister of Education Naftali Bennett, a Religious Zionist himself, who praised her voice on his Facebook page.

[4] In response, the Ministry of Education issued a statement that ulpana students are required to follow the rules of their school if it mandates a religious lifestyle.

[9] In December 2013, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance invited Ben Shitrit to New York City to sing at its international conference.

The organization posted her name and face on a billboard in Times Square saluting the "key personalities at the forefront of the Orthodox feminist movement".